Well done, now go and muck out the pigs.
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Originally posted by KentPhilip View PostYou'll have to change your username from "Old Hack" to "Old MacDonald".
..He had a farm..Comment
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Originally posted by Old Hack View PostOk, bought a farm, but hey ho.
Cue the barely thought out insults from the usual suspects. However, I DGAS, as I took 20% off asking, and it's exactly, to the letter, what we wanted, including water course and South South West Facing and everything we wanted out of it.
Give me your worst, but I really wouldn't care.(\__/)
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Postliving the dream. brilliantComment
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Nice one. Is that the end of contracting then? Still looking for a workable plan B myself. Currently on plan AF and no luck.Comment
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Originally posted by KentPhilip View PostOld Macdonald had a farm, EO EO EO..Comment
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Exciting
But really hard work, I'd imagine.Bazza gets caught
Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostWell done. 20% off the asking in a market that's going up. What a negotiator! Had him over a barrel of course didn't you son.
Of course that's pretty much the end of your contracting career. It's in the middle of nowhere. Theres no work down there and your neighbours think the highlight of the year is the Summer Barn dance at Blackawton.
My current contract, looking like a 3 year project, is in London 3 days a week, home 2 days a week. My previous ones, were in Manchester, prior to that Taunton, Edinburgh, Guildford, Munich, Aberdeen, etc, etc, etc. You do get the drift now don’t you? I mean, unless you think it’s impossible to get work out of where you live...
Hang on, don’t you pretend to work in the States?
Farm is in a Hamlet of 3 houses so yes, it’s in the middle of nowhere, which was kind of the plan.
Anyway, thanks. We’ve been thinking about it for a while, even breeding a few ducks and turkeys here, to prepare us for a slightly larger scale. It’s going to be part of a plan B to reduce stress, downsize, try to get zero reliance on the energy companies, reduce our reliance on supermarkets and make a few pounds here and there. Will be out of contracting in 5 years, is the plan, much before if we can. The plan is now, being mortgage free, we can spent a couple of years buying a few flats, and use that as a base for income (gift for the kids). Not being greedy, or having a greedy wife, makes it kind of easier.
Looking forward to it.Comment
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Originally posted by Old Hack View PostYou’re quite insane you know sometimes MF. I mean, genuinely what are you thinking kind of mad.
My current contract, looking like a 3 year project, is in London 3 days a week, home 2 days a week. My previous ones, were in Manchester, prior to that Taunton, Edinburgh, Guildford, Munich, Aberdeen, etc, etc, etc. You do get the drift now don’t you? I mean, unless you think it’s impossible to get work out of where you live...
Hang on, don’t you pretend to work in the States?
Farm is in a Hamlet of 3 houses so yes, it’s in the middle of nowhere, which was kind of the plan.
Anyway, thanks. We’ve been thinking about it for a while, even breeding a few ducks and turkeys here, to prepare us for a slightly larger scale. It’s going to be part of a plan B to reduce stress, downsize, try to get zero reliance on the energy companies, reduce our reliance on supermarkets and make a few pounds here and there. Will be out of contracting in 5 years, is the plan, much before if we can. The plan is now, being mortgage free, we can spent a couple of years buying a few flats, and use that as a base for income (gift for the kids). Not being greedy, or having a greedy wife, makes it kind of easier.
Looking forward to it.
As it happens, was looking at farms in Somerset last night when you posted this ;-)What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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